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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Uh guys he's probably leaving because his pollsters have told him it's now or never to make a run for the Oval Office. Trump is an extreme, but Rahm might be one of the few Dems tough enough to deal with his bombast. If he gets the nomination that would be the best presidential debates ever...

Think about it, 2020 campaign starts right when he is out of office. He can go out saying "look what I did for Chicago's fiscal state, Trump has trashed the US budget, I'll fix it", he can point to massive economic expansion in Chicago to challenge Trump on the economy angle. Who else do the Dems have? Biden? Good luck.

Sucks for Chicago, but Rahm has already done a lot of what really needed doing. He may even know something we don't about Amazon, the announcement will be before he leaves and give him enough time to pass the entitlements they need. Besides, Rahm might get to play kingmaker on the Mayoral election anyhow. Whoever he puts his weight behind will probably win. One wonders if he isn't considering backing Vallas already given how Vallas has started to converge with his policy talking points.

he's not running for president with this Van Dyke case looming over his head... although I feel like he would be an excellent candidate and Im not a democrat at all